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..A few species possess postcanine dentitions that do not correspond with diet; the absence of dental-dietary correlation in these species suggests that other factors, such as phylogeny, are important in determining dental form...

Ontogeny of postcanine tooth form in the ferret, Mustela putorius (Carnivora: Mammalia), and the evolution of dental diversity within the Mustelidae

..This suggests that carnivoran species may share a common path of early development that specifies the ontogeny of homologous tooth features and that in later stages developmental differences result in species-specific tooth forms...

..The PDL interface between occluding teeth and alveolar bone is likely to stiffen the system, allowing transmission of occlusal loads. Alveolar strains may provide a stimulus for bone growth in the alveolar process and crest...

Advances in defining regulators of cementum development and periodontal regeneration

Brian L FosterDepartment of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USACurr Top Dev Biol 78:47-126. 2007

..Cells, genes, and proteins regulating root development are reviewed in a question-answer format in order to highlight areas of progress as well as areas of remaining uncertainty that warrant further study...